"It's finally next month."

Baek Seo-jin, who had just turned 20 this year (21 under the traditional Korean age system), felt his heart race with anticipation.

"Krrk… Krrrk…"

Before him lay a villain groaning in pain, their body sprawled out. The villain was classified as SS-rank—a level so fearsome that, in another country, they could threaten an entire city. Yet here, the villain was reduced to a pitiful state.

For Baek Seo-jin, however, this particular villain wasn’t an especially difficult opponent.

"Just a little more," he thought.

If he could grow just a bit stronger, he might finally stand a …